Friendship Association Games 8

Friendship Association Games 8
Tournament details
Host board	/mlp/
Dates	February 19–20, 26–27
Teams	16
Final positions
Champion	/btq/
Runner-up	/pow/
Third	/luv/
Fourth	/oc/
Tournament statistics Matches 32 Goals scored 135 (4.22 per match) Top scorer(s) 10 Goals Rarity Mi Amore Cadenza Top assister(s) ' Golden Glove ' Best player N/A Yellow cards 22 (0.69 per match) Red cards 1 (0.03 per match)
Friendship Association Games 7
Friendship Association Games 8
Friendship Association Games 9

The Friendship Association Games 8 is the eighth iteration of this unofficial  /mlp/ tournament. The tournament will be played on the weekends of February 19–20 & 26–27, alongside the /mlp/ roster poll for the 2022 4chan Spring Babby Cup.

Competitors

Sixteen teams will compete in this tournament.
Fifteen teams have participated in previous cups:

•  /apl/
•  /btq/
•  /cdf/
•  /csgu/

•  /eqg/
•  /lod/
•  /luv/
•  /mup/

•  /oc/
•  /pl/
•  /pnk/
•  /pow/

•  /sdb/
•  /tfh/
•  /wdb/

This tournament was the debut for one teams:

•  /g5/

Pots

Teams are placed in four different pots based on seeding. Seeding is determined by:

1. The finishing position of teams participating in the Friendship Association Games 7
2. Teams debuting in this iteration are placed in pot 4

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
/luv/  /cdf/  /csgu/  /lod/	/tfh/  /apl/  /eqg/  /mup/	/oc/  /btq/  /wdb/  /pow/	/sdb/  /pnk/  /pl/  /g5/

The hat pick is  /apl/

The knockouts hat pick is  /wdb/

Group Stage

The top two teams in each group will advance to the quarterfinals of the tournament.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/luv/	3	2	0	1	5	3	2	6
/wdb/	3	2	0	1	5	7	-2	6
/apl/	3	1	1	1	7	5	2	4
/sdb/	3	0	1	2	8	10	-2	1

19 February 2022	/luv/	0–1	/wdb/
17:00			17' Fleetfoot	Racist Barn Attendance: 156

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19 February 2022	/apl/	3–3	/sdb/
17:40	Applejack  4', 90+1' Apple Bloom  77'		7' Nightmare Moon  35', 45+2' Midnight Sparkle  49' Alzarin Bubblegum  65' Indigo Zap	Racist Barn Attendance: 161 Report: PK Tiebreaker goes to /sdb/

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20 February 2022	/luv/	2–0	/apl/
17:00	Mi Amore Cadenza  61', 72'			Racist Barn Attendance: 155

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20 February 2022	/wdb/	4–3	/sdb/
17:40	Rainbow Dash  15', 43', 90+1' Spitfire  90+6' Angel Wings  66' Soarin  81' Misty Fly  84'		9' Nightmare Moon  24' Lemonade Blues  54' Midnight Sparkle	Racist Barn Attendance: 179

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26 February 2022	/apl/	4–0	/wdb/
17:00	Applejack  11', 20', 33' Apple Bloom  57'		42' Surprise	Cirrus Maximus Attendance: 129

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26 February 2022	/sdb/	2–3	/luv/
17:40	Midnight Sparkle  20', 55'		5', 12', 37' Mi Amore Cadenza	Cirrus Maximus Attendance: 135

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/btq/	3	2	1	0	7	5	2	7
/pl/	3	1	1	1	4	8	-4	4
/lod/	3	1	0	2	9	8	1	3
/eqg/	3	1	0	2	7	6	1	3

19 February 2022	/lod/	2–3	/btq/
18:20	Chrysalis  45+3' Cozy Glow  79'		59', 71' Rarity  82' Kerfuffle	Racist Barn Attendance: 197

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19 February 2022	/eqg/	1–2	/pl/
19:00	Dolphin Simping  72' Women Belong At Home Obeying The Husband  82'		63', 76' Anon in Equestria	Racist Barn Attendance: 199

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20 February 2022	/lod/	2–5	/eqg/
18:20	Flam  51' Cozy Glow  62'		9' Poofy Hair  18' Sunset Sushi  24', 86' Ace Thruster  65' Sunset Shimmer	Racist Barn Attendance: 179

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20 February 2022	/btq/	2–2	/pl/
19:00	Kerfuffle  67' Rarity  89'		61' Anon in Equestria  90+1' Potion Master	Racist Barn Attendance: 184 Report: PK Tiebreaker goes to /pl/

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26 February 2022	/eqg/	1–2	/btq/
18:20	Sunset Shimmer  34'		59' Coco Pommel  90+3' Rarity	Cirrus Maximus Attendance: 146

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26 February 2022	/pl/	0–5	/lod/
19:00			12' Grogar  20' Cozy Glow  24', 66', 81' Chrysalis  51' Spot	Cirrus Maximus Attendance: 157

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/pow/	3	2	1	0	7	5	2	7
/mup/	3	1	1	1	6	5	1	4
/pnk/	3	0	2	1	5	6	-1	2
/csgu/	3	0	2	1	6	8	-2	2

19 February 2022	/csgu/	2–2	/pow/
19:40	Twilight Sparkle  20' Moondancer  59'		45+2' Mask Matterhorn  64' Mrs. Mare-velous	Racist Barn Attendance: 194 Report: PK Tiebreaker goes to /pow/

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19 February 2022	/mup/	1–1	/pnk/
20:20	Countess Coloratura  87'		74' Pinkamena	Racist Barn Attendance: 207 Report: PK Tiebreaker goes to /pnk/

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20 February 2022	/csgu/	1–3	/mup/
19:40	Trixie Lulamoon  90+1'		41' DJ Pon-3  45+1', 63' Countess Coloratura	Racist Barn Attendance: 180

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20 February 2022	/pow/	2–1	/pnk/
20:20	Zapp  56' Mask Matterhorn  77'		60' Punka Pow  90' Ponka Po	Racist Barn Attendance: 176

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26 February 2022	/mup/	2–3	/pow/
19:40	Countess Coloratura  3', 78'		52', 76' Zapp  80' Radiance	Cirrus Maximus Attendance: 158

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26 February 2022	/pnk/	3–3	/csgu/
20:20	Pinkamena  4', 9', 43' Ponk  89'		18' Twilight Sparkle  27', 53' Trixie Lulamoon	Cirrus Maximus Attendance: 166 Report: PK Tiebreaker goes to /csgu/

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/oc/	3	3	0	0	9	6	3	9
/g5/	3	1	1	1	6	5	1	4
/cdf/	3	0	2	1	6	7	-1	2
/tfh/	3	0	1	2	4	7	-3	1

19 February 2022	/cdf/	2–3	/oc/
21:00	Commander Hurricane  14', 27' Domestic Terrorist  81' Tactical Friendship Nuke  83'		45+2', 52' Nyx  85' NASApone	Racist Barn Attendance: 214

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19 February 2022	/tfh/	0–2	/g5/
21:40	Janky Tian Super  28'		30' Medium Sneaky  53' My Average Size Pony	Racist Barn Attendance: 206

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20 February 2022	/cdf/	2–2	/tfh/
21:00	Commander Hurricane  18' Domestic Terrorist  31' Incidental Pegasus  75'		38' Wakeup Super  62' Janky Tian Super  87' Floof	Racist Barn Attendance: 182 Report: PK Tiebreaker goes to /cdf/

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20 February 2022	/oc/	3–2	/g5/
21:40	NASApone  65' Milky Way  73' Nyx  86'		37' Stupid Sexy Hitch  75' My Average Size Pony	Racist Barn Attendance: 181

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26 February 2022	/tfh/	2–3	/oc/
21:00	Wakeup Super  21' Two Flops One Boss  44' Cinnamon Roll  67'		11' Anonfilly  18' Nyx  28' Milky Way	Cirrus Maximus Attendance: 178

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26 February 2022	/g5/	2–2	/cdf/
21:40	My Average Size Pony  6' BING BONG  75'		25' Commander Hurricane  42' Domestic Terrorist	Cirrus Maximus Attendance: 162 Report: PK Tiebreaker goes to /cdf/

Spoon Match

27 February 2022	/tfh/	3–1	/filly/
17:00	Wakeup Super  16' Floof  30' Janky Tian Super  65'		9' Anonfilly #9	Cirrus Maximus Attendance: 143

Knockout Stage

Quarter-finals

 /luv/

3

 /pl/

0

 /btq/

4

 /wdb/

2

 /pow/

3

 /g5/

0

 /oc/

2

 /mup/

0

Semi-finals

 /luv/

1

 /btq/

3

 /pow/

3

 /oc/

0

Final

 /btq/

4

 /pow/

2

Third Place Match

 /luv/

4

 /oc/

3

Quarterfinals

27 February 2022	/luv/	3–0	/pl/
17:40	Hellspawn  24' Shiny  61' Mi Amore Cadenza  74'		17' Matt	Cirrus Maximus Attendance: 152

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27 February 2022	/btq/	4–2	/wdb/
18:20	Kerfuffle  12' Rarity  35', 70' Sassy Saddles  80'		9' Spitfire  90' Pizzelle  87' Rapidfire	Cirrus Maximus Attendance: 158

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27 February 2022	/pow/	3–0	/g5/
19:00	Radiance  4' Mrs. Mare-velous  31' Mask Matterhorn  80' Comb Over  76'		45+3' Stupid Sexy Hitch	Cirrus Maximus Attendance: 163

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27 February 2022	/oc/	2–0	/mup/
19:40	Nyx  15', 90+2'			Cirrus Maximus Attendance: 163

Semifinals

27 February 2022	/luv/	1–3 (a.e.t.)	/btq/
20:20	Mi Amore Cadenza  73'		42', 103', 116' Rarity	Cirrus Maximus Attendance: 164

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27 February 2022	/pow/	3–0	/oc/
21:00	Mask Matterhorn  3', 66' Zapp  10'			Cirrus Maximus Attendance: 167

Third Place Match

27 February 2022	/oc/	3–4	/luv/
21:40	Nyx  29' Milky Way  59' Echo  63' Cream Heart  67'		4', 57', 90+2' Mi Amore Cadenza  27' Mr. The Dragon	Cirrus Maximus Attendance: 173

Final

27 February 2022	/btq/	4–2	/pow/
22:20	Coco Pommel  66', 89' Rarity  73' Sassy Saddles 90+4' Photo Finish  86'		19', 59' Zapp  47' Mane-iac	Cirrus Maximus Attendance: 174

Final Boss

27 February 2022	/mlp/	5–0	/btq/
23:00	Best Pony  7' >rape  12', 52', 56', 89'			Cirrus Maximus Attendance: 181

Statistics

Main article: Friendship Association Games 8 statistics

Final Rankings

1.  /btq/
2.  /pow/
3.  /luv/
4.  /oc/

5.  /wdb/
6.  /mup/
7.  /g5/
8.  /pl/

9.  /apl/
10.  /lod/
11.  /eqg/
12.  /cdf/

13.  /pnk/
14.  /csgu/
15.  /sdb/
16.  /tfh/